Yet another empty Capital Region church

Lauren Stanforth has a nice story today about the last service at the Church of the Holy Cross on Eighth Street, above downtown Troy and near RPI.

The church, like so many across the Capital Region, is closing because of the dwindling size of its congregation. But this church building seems to have a better shot at preservation than most, because RPI says it is negotiating to purchase the property.

Lauren reports that the church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, opened in 1844 as an offshoot of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Troy. The Mary Warren school, an educational, spiritual and musical institution for impoverished girls, was connected to the church and opened at that location in 1862.